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Author: Brian Baker

Danny Marks
Arts & Entertainment Column VIEWS 

Guitarist Danny Marks opens up about past and future

July 15, 2022July 29, 2022 Brian Baker Blast Radius, Danny Marks, David Eisenstadt, Edward Bear

Former Edward Bear guitarist Danny Marks has embraced his past pop fame while keeping up his blues interests on radio.

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North Leaside street sign
NEWS 

Province’s new rules allowing sky-blocking tower in North Leaside

May 4, 2022May 6, 2022 Brian Baker construction, development, Geoff Kettel, Jaye Robinson, Leaside Residents' Association, Midtown In Focus, Ontario Land Tribunal, Ontario Municipal Board

The provincial government’s rewrite of Toronto’s Midtown in Focus plan has left North Leaside residents potentially in the dark.

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Olivia Fazekas is the founder and designer of After9
Business NEWS 

Lawrence Manor mompreneur left finance career for fitness clothing

April 18, 2022April 28, 2022 Brian Baker After9, fitness, Maternity, Olivia Fazekas

During her first maternity leave in 2016, finance professional Olivia Fazekas had a tough time finding a nursing sports bra.

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David Eisenstadt
Column VIEWS 

Deer Park PR professional fills gaps of entertainment reporting with book

April 12, 2022May 5, 2022 Brian Baker Blast Radius, Community Jewish News, David Eisenstadt, Jewish community, music

David Eisenstadt pulled together stories about Jewish Canadian musicians who have faded or fly under the radar of mainstream reporting.

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Abby Tobias of Sole Power
*FEATURED Business NEWS 

Entertainment firm emerging from pandemic with new North Toronto digs

March 7, 2022 Brian Baker Abby Tobias, COVID-19, Keys N Krates, Sole Power Entertainment, Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Raptors

Abby Tobias is putting all of his chips on the table with Sole Power Entertainment’s move to a three-storey glass building at 3435 Yonge St.

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Malcolm Kelly and Sprog
*FEATURED Arts & Entertainment NEWS 

Victoria Village journalist travels back to WWII airfields for debut novel

July 12, 2021July 17, 2021 Brian Baker Centennial College, Centennial College Press, Malcolm Kelly, novel, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Second World War, Sprog

Malcolm Kelly discussed his 15-year adventure writing his debut novel Sprog, which was released June 22 by Centennial College Press.

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*FEATURED Arts & Entertainment NEWS 

Puppetmongers learn new tricks to reach broader audience

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Brian Baker Ann Powell, David Powell, pandemic, Puppetmongers Theatre, puppets

Coming up to their 50th anniversary, Puppetmongers Theatre is looking to continue its legacy beyond its Leslieville base.

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Christina Petrowska Quilico
*FEATURED Arts & Entertainment NEWS 

Pianist Quilico keeping grounded despite Order of Canada

December 1, 2020December 2, 2020 Brian Baker Christina Petrowska Quilico, Order of Canada, York University

When Christina Petrowska Quilico was contacted by friends about her Order of Canada award, they expected her to be celebrating with champagne.

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Ann Pirvu
*FEATURED Arts & Entertainment NEWS 

Midtown’s Ann Pirvu grateful for Thanksgiving movie premiere

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Brian Baker actor, Ann Pirvu, midtown, Thanksgiving, W Network

Yonge and Eglinton actress Ann Pirvu talks about her new movie, Learning to Love Again, which premieres this weekend on the W network.

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Roehampton Hotel
*FEATURED NEWS 

Mount Pleasant concerned over physical distancing homeless shelter

August 3, 2020November 24, 2020 Brian Baker Broadway Avenue, homelessness, Josh Matlow, Mt. Pleasant Road, Roehampton Hotel

Residents and businesses near the Roehampton Hotel have expressed safety concerns with the introduction of the homeless shelter in the Mount Pleasant area.

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Namesake for Mabel's Fables bookstore
*FEATURED Column VIEWS 

Mabel’s Fables is more than just a retail shop

March 13, 2020November 24, 2020 Brian Baker Jill Andrew, Josh Matlow, Mabel's Fables, Mt. Pleasant Road

The bookstore has provided my kids with the foundation for a lifelong love of reading. Imagine my ire when I discovered it is being forced out of business.

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Patrick Rocca at his home
*FEATURED NEWS 

Leaside realtor subject of online threats again

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Brian Baker extortion, Patrick Rocca, realtor, Toronto Police

After a two-year hiatus, Leaside realtor Patrick Rocca is once again being harassed by an online extortionist who is increasing the pressure this time.

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Father and son at backyard rink
*FEATURED NEWS Sports 

North Leasiders enjoy hockey on neighbour’s refrigerated backyard rink

February 10, 2020February 13, 2020 Brian Baker hockey, rink

Walk up to the North Leaside home of Sven Walker, and you’ll hear the sounds of hockey being played on his refrigerated backyard rink.

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Flag at half mast for Maya Zibaie
*FEATURED NEWS 

Northern’s community mourns loss of student in Iranian tragedy

January 14, 2020November 24, 2020 Brian Baker Maya Zibaie, Mt. Pleasant Road, Northern Secondary School, Roehampton Avenue, Toronto District School Board, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752

Northern Secondary student Maya Zibaie was an ambitious young lady. During her Grade 9 year at the Mount Pleasant Road

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*FEATURED NEWS Sports 

St. Mike’s golf team accomplishes rare school feat at OFSAA

November 24, 2019November 28, 2019 Brian Baker CISAA, golf, OFSAA, St. Michael's College School

There aren’t many sports milestones St. Michael’s College School hasn’t reached, but its senior boys’ golf team managed to make annals with its first medal.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Brian Baker

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Brian Baker
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Brian Baker
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Brian Baker

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